Interview
conducted by Steve Lamacq. Produced for Parlophone
by Tony Hale and Kevin McCabe.

Tracklist:

Questions:

01. So, even before The Good,
The Bad & TheQueen was so much as a
twinkle in your eye,Damon, you went to
Nigeria to make analbum. What happened to
that?02. Having had that
setback, fill us in on the GBQtimeline.03. Some at least of
this album has a distinctWest London feel to it.
When did you decidethat you wanted to write
about London?04. What kind of music
on this CD, then, andwhat kind of band is it?05. Compared to the last
Damon Albarn project(Gorillaz), a stripped
back sound...and lineup.06. So, Paul Simonon,
having played bass withThe Clash, were you
comfortable in thisproject, with what you
were down to play?07. You have Brian
Burton, Danger Mouse (prodGorillaz/Gnarls Barkley),
on production duties.Good move?08. OK, boys, round the
table. Which was yourBest Bit?09. Damon, your views of
the world is sometimesa bit, well, pessimistic.
The two (imaginary)worlds of the
philosopher J S Mill are Utopia,where everything is as
right as it can be; andDystopia, where
everything is as wrong as itcan be. Is your vision
of our world that it'sDystopia.10. Now for the Track by
Track analysis. Track 1 isHistory Song. Whose
history?11. 80s Life is the
second song. What, Damon, orperhaps who is that all
about?12. Next, Northern Whale.
A real whale?13. Kingdom of Doom is
track 4. Simon, did youenjoy playing that one.14. Herculean is track
5. That word usually means'enormous', or can
describe a very difficulttask. Damon?15. Behind the Sun,
track 6, seems to have afeeling of the late 70s,
maybe early 80s, thetime of politically
inspired music - an echo ofGhost Town by The
Specials here?16. We move on to
Bunting Song. A song aboutflags and ribbons?17. When I first heard
Nature Springs, I was led tothink about us being
serfs, or slaves. IS thatwhat it's about?18. Somehow it doesn't
altogether come as asurprise to find a track
called A Soldier's Tale.Damon, could that
soldier possible be servingin Iraq or Afganistan?19. Simon Tong again.
The next song is called 3Changes. Why?20. The next track,
Green Fields, has afascinating story attached to it...21. So, the last track
is the song that's the band'sname. Nobody's left out
really, when youinclude The Good, The
Bad.....& The Queen?And if Utopia is the
Promised Land, thenpresumably, when that
promise was broken,what was delivered was
Dystopia?